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JERUSALEM:
Israel has revoked the entry permits of a group of American Jewish activists who participated in protests in the occupied West Bank against attacks by Israeli occupiers on Palestinians and their property, The Forward, a United States Jewish publication, reported Friday.
Activist Sam Sherman told the newspaper that he received an email canceling his travel permit while taking part in a seven-week volunteer program in the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta area, where he was supporting Palestinians.
“It happened to me and a few others in my cohort within the same hour,” Sherman said. “A few of us got the same email within minutes of each other.”
Sherman said soldiers, police and armed occupiers photographed his passport “during confrontations initiated by settlers,” the report said.
“We were just there hanging out with people, essentially,” he said. “But we were treated as if it was almost criminal for us to be there.”
